In this study, we have shown that microRNAs (miRNAs) released from the activated microglia upon Japanese Encephalitis virus (JEV) infection may exacerbate CNS damage. We have provided evidence that let-7a and let-7b (let-7a/b secrete through the vesicles from microglial cells in response to JEV infection and induces caspase activation in the primary cortical neurons that are […]

Tree of Taste: Taste buds on a human tongue connect to brain and brain decides whether food is palatable or not. Similarly, small insects like Drosophila (fruit fly) has taste buds too. They have hair like structure called sensillum that contain taste neurons (green- leaf like shape) present on the fly mouth and […]

Potential target for developing anti-viral drugg Amrita Ojha et al. described how the elevated level of a platelet cytokine, PF4 enhanced the replication and infection of Dengue and Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in patients and in mice. They have described that the treatment with AMG487, a small molecule antagonist to CXCR3 (the receptor of PF4) abrogated […]

Bacteria often assemble and use hair-likeorganelles known as pili or fimbriae on their cell surface to quickly and effectively mediate attachment to the host surfaces.This initial attachment is the critical event in bacterial colonization, which may benefit or harm the host depending on nature of their relationship.Dr. VengadesanKrishnan’s structural microbiology research group has begun structural […]